Thanks guys, Its just a spray on poly-stain finish that I rubbed with a greenie weenie to add some depth to the color. I havnt figured out how to carve in the flat areas of the shield yet but I'm working on it. I was actually gonna toss out a question on how to do that with vcarve or cut3D software.

With aspire you can project toolpath onto 3d model. I don't know if that is available with v carve or cut 3d. With vcarve I would find the depth of the banner and start the cut at that depth. not sure on cut 3d